Challenge 13: Nashville Predators (Discussion Thread)

Post by **Manimal** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:08 am

Captcrunch wrote:
timmy_t wrote:Do you mean that you could not re-sign them before July 1st?
Yeah.

I'm in the middle of season 2 and just received the list of my players contracts expiring.

Wade Belak and Scott Nichol are going to be UFA after this season..

I won't resign Nichol but Belak is a good role player. I'd resign him if its a free resign but I'll definitely wait for July 1st if he counts in my UFA quota since I'm pretty sure I can get better value.

It also rung a bell that Arnott is going to be UFA in 2009 and I'm pretty sure you can't renew contracts like that...

It is allowed to re-sign them before July 1st. If you sign them after that, they will count as UFA signings.

Captcrunch · Post by **Captcrunch** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:40 pm

Manimal wrote:
Captcrunch wrote:
timmy_t wrote:Do you mean that you could not re-sign them before July 1st?
Yeah.

I'm in the middle of season 2 and just received the list of my players contracts expiring.

Wade Belak and Scott Nichol are going to be UFA after this season..

I won't resign Nichol but Belak is a good role player. I'd resign him if its a free resign but I'll definitely wait for July 1st if he counts in my UFA quota since I'm pretty sure I can get better value.

It also rung a bell that Arnott is going to be UFA in 2009 and I'm pretty sure you can't renew contracts like that...
It is allowed to re-sign them before July 1st. If you sign them after that, they will count as UFA signings.

Ok, thx!

I knew that was the rule in season 1, but the way I read it, it looked like it changed for season 2 for some reason...

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:50 pm

Manimal wrote:
Captcrunch wrote:
timmy_t wrote:Do you mean that you could not re-sign them before July 1st?
Yeah.

I'm in the middle of season 2 and just received the list of my players contracts expiring.

Wade Belak and Scott Nichol are going to be UFA after this season..

I won't resign Nichol but Belak is a good role player. I'd resign him if its a free resign but I'll definitely wait for July 1st if he counts in my UFA quota since I'm pretty sure I can get better value.

It also rung a bell that Arnott is going to be UFA in 2009 and I'm pretty sure you can't renew contracts like that...
It is allowed to re-sign them before July 1st. If you sign them after that, they will count as UFA signings.

Manimal is 100% correct. If you re-sign them BEFORE they become a UFA (this happens on July 1st), then they don't count. Once July 1st hits and their contract expires, they become a UFA and if you want to bring them back it is going to cost you. At that point they will have to be signed under the UFA signing pyramid. For the most part, it's easy to just re-sign them before their contract expires. Of course there are always some players that are tricky to get re-signed. They'll turn you down during the season and say they don't want to negotiate a new deal but then in the off-season they'll be willing to sign a new deal, sometimes for less than what they were making before, but then they cost a UFA signing. You've really got to weigh out your options.

jbsnadb · Post by **jbsnadb** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:46 pm

Now, I'm really ticked off. Arnott got screwed on the All-Star Team again!!!!! He's leading the NHL in assists and points, and has the highest AvR in the league!!!!!! The four centres behind him - Getzlaf, Kopitar, Thornton and Marleau are all in.

In fact, there are no Preds on the roster. We have three of the top 15 pointgetters, 3 of the top 20 (16 actually) in goals, and two of the top FIVE assist leaders.

No respect, no respect at all.

Captcrunch · Post by **Captcrunch** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 4:09 pm

2nd quarter of the season report

1st in central division, 3rd in the western conference!

The Red Wings are my main opponents in the conference. In seven games against this season, 4 games went to the shootout and I won the three others (by 4-3, 8-5, 8-5 scores). They are arguably a better team than me but somehow we have their number!

The Blues and the Blue Jackets are not strong enough to compete while the Blackhawks lost their starting goaltender (Huet) for the rest of the season. They have to start Corey Crawford unless they find another goalie and it could hurt real bad.

Comparative with last quarter (first 20 games)

Tactical system changes and roster movements made the difference on goal scored, diminished goals again but hurt my PK a bit. The problem with my defensive position is that I have trouble isolating the role of my goalies, players and tactical systems on the %. I will continue to monitor it.

Wins: 11 (+1)
Losses: 3 (-3)
SO loss: 6 (+2)
Conference rank: 3 (+3)
Goal scored: 90 (+14)
Goals against: 69 (-8)
PP%: 18.5% (+5.6%)
PK%: 82.1% (-2.3%)
TEAM PIM: 285 (+21)

Team evaluation

1st line

Still going strong! Small tweaks on tactical systems helped this line perform a bit better. One point of note though: Sullivan missed 5 games with a groin strain that could come back, according to my physio. At 35 year old and with a nagging injury, I might have to trade my top scorer this summer...

Sullivan - Arnott - Dumont
Suter - Weber

Sullivan: 35-28-31-59 +18 +/- AVG 12 PIM 8.23 AV R 23:22 ATOI
After 20 games: 20-14-18-32 +10 +/- AVG 12 PIM 7.95 AV R 22:56 ATOI

Arnott: 40-25-46-71 +24 +/- AVG 56 PIM 9.72 AV R 24:56 ATOI
After 20 games: 20-12-24-36 +10 +/- AVG 34 PIM 9.60 AV R 24:35 ATOI

Dumont: 40-24-33-57 +26 +/- AVG 23 PIM 8.47 AV R 22:43 ATOI
After 20 games: 20-12-14-26 +11 +/- AVG 6 PIM 8.25 AV R 22:16 ATOI

Suter: 40-3-11-14 +8 +/- AVG 22 PIM 7.15 AV R 25:57 ATOI
After 20 games: 20-0-5-5 -1 +/- AVG 10 PIM 7.15 AV R 26:53 ATOI

Weber: 40-3-27-30 +14 +/- AVG 53 PIM 7.95 AV R 27:17 ATOI
After 20 games: 20-2-12-14 +2 +/- AVG 28 PIM 7.95 AV R 27:08 ATOI

2nd line

Sullivan's injury gave Hartnell a spot on my no 1 line and he performed admirably. It didn't hurt that Hartnell, Arnott and Dumont are considered more or less all power forward types and at times this line had shades of the famous "Legion of Doom" line of the Flyers. Kulyash is still going at the same pace. One point of note: Erat had a ACL sprain early in the season and my physio tells me it could come back... another thing to remember in the offseason.

Hartnell-Legwand-Erat
Kulyash - De Vries

Hartnell: 40-24-30-54 +10 +/- AVG 36 PIM 8.43 AV R 17:06 ATOI
After 20 games:20-9-10-19 0 +/- AVG 20 PIM 7.95 AV R 16:42 ATOI

Legwand: 39-11-24-35 +10 +/- AVG 6 PIM 7.51 AV R 16:41 ATOI
After 20 games:20-5-9-14 +2 +/- AVG 4 PIM 7.65 AV R 16:41 ATOI

Erat: 35-15-24-39 +8 +/- AVG 14 PIM 7.77 AV R 15:56 ATOI
After 20 games:15-5-8-13 +2 +/- AVG 8 PIM 7.40 AV R 15:57 ATOI

Kulyash: 40-7-26-33 +5 +/- AVG 68 PIM 8.35 AV R 22:09 ATOI
After 20 games:20-5-11-16 +6 +/- AVG 25 PIM 8.30 AV R 21:12 ATOI

De Vries: 40-1-5-6 +7 +/- AVG 28 PIM 7.40 AV R 19:57 ATOI
After 20 games:20-1-3-4 +6 +/- AVG 20 PIM 7.85 AV R 20:44 ATOI

3rd line

I got tired with Glazachev's and Ortmeyer's performance and sent them in the AHL. While we may see Glazachev back if he finds his form, it is pretty much over with Ortmeyer, which is a shame because he had pretty good defensive and leadrship stats. Klein was on the defensive line at the 40 games mark but I am switching him and Zanon to keep them in shape. With my 3rd line getting a bit more talent, I'll give them 40 second shifts to give them a bit more icetime. Bonk passed the 7 avg rating by getting some PP time at the point... he also takes faceoffs for Legwand on the PP because Legwand is truly horrible.

Platonov-Bonk-Thuresson
Hamhuis - Klein

Platonov: 20-2-1-3 +2 +/- AVG 24 PIM 6.85 AV R 7:56 ATOI
Newly called up

Bonk: 38-3-6-9 -9 +/- AVG 18 PIM 7.08 AV R 16:15 ATOI
After 20 games:18-2-2-4 -8 +/- AVG 10 PIM 6.89 AV R 15:47 ATOI

Thuresson: 16-1-2-3 -2 +/- AVG 8 PIM 6.69 AV R 11:59 ATOI
Newly called up

Hamhuis: 40-0-4-4 -3 +/- AVG 12 PIM 6.80 AV R 13.12 ATOI
After 20 games:20-0-1-1 -5 +/- AVG 4 PIM 6.65 AV R 23:15 ATOI

Klein: 15-1-0-1 +1 +/- AVG 2 PIM 6.53 AV R 9.17 ATOI
Not used a lot in the first 20 games

4th line

Hornqvist finally took Nichol's space on the 4th line. His stats are better and he performs more. Bonk replaced Hornqvist on the PP and, while it helped my PP, it cut Hornqvist's time somewhat. Pihlstrom is a bit less depressed but is still average. Belak is in good shape; as long as he gets to fight he seems happy. The 4th line seems to be a condemnation for its players; they are not skilled enough (yet) to get much minutes and their play suffer because I isolate them. I just hope it won't hurt the progression of my rookies much. I am still wondering if it is better to place garbage grinders on the line so their career won't suffer or give the space to rookies so they can get their toes in the water.

Pihlstrom - Hornqvist - Belak
Varies - Varies

Pihlstrom: 35-6-3-9 -8 +/- AVG 10 PIM 6.43 AV R 6:59 ATOI
Not on the line at the 20 games mark

Hornqvist: 39-6-7-13 -4 +/- AVG 18 PIM 6.62 AV R 8:52 ATOI
After 20 games:19-3-5-8 +1 +/- AVG 10 PIM 6.79 AV R 10:07 ATOI

Belak: 40-0-7-7 -9 +/- AVG 93 PIM 6.88 AV R 8:27 ATOI
After 20 games:20-0-4-4 -3 +/- AVG 39 PIM 6.75 AV R 8:21 ATOI

Goalies

Ellis took the starter pole in the second part the the season as he got hot and got better numbers. He is getting close to getting below 3 GAA and a SV% above 0.900, which is probably the best that I can hope for this season. Both are still very inconsistent (Ellis has 9 consistency and, while Halak had a 12 consistency rating, he is consistently bad)

Halak 19GP 7W 6L 5T 3.75GA 0.862SV% 6.89 AVG Rating
After 20 games: 10GP 3W 4L 3T 3.81GA 0.870SV% 7.20 AVG Rating

Ellis 24GP 14W 3L 5T 3.04GA 0.894SV% 7.71 AVG Rating
After 20 games: Ellis 11GP 7W 2L 1T 3.44GA 0.877SV% 7.36 AVG Rating

Top 10 in league

*Steve Sullivan is ranked 3rd in goals in the NHL with 28 (Jason Spezza is first with 33)
*Jason Arnott is ranked 9th in goals in the NHL with 25 (Jason Spezza is first with 33)

*Jason Arnott is ranked 1st in assists in the NHL with 46 (Jason Spezza is second with 44)
*JP Dumont is ranked 8th in assists in the NHL with 33 (Jason Arnott is first with 46)

*Jason Arnott is ranked 2nd in points in the NHL with 71 (Jason Spezza is first with 77)
*Steve Sullivan is ranked 6th in points in the NHL with 59 (Jason Spezza is first with 77)
*JP Dumont is ranked 8th in points in the NHL with 57 (Jason Spezza is first with 77)

*JP Dumont is ranked 6th in +/- AVG in the NHL with +26 (Jason Spezza is first with +44)
*Jason Arnott is ranked 8th in +/- AVG in the NHL with +24 (Jason Spezza is first with +44)

*Shea Weber is first in the league for average time on ice with 27:10 min (Nicklas Lidstrom is second with 26:08)

*Jason Arnott has the best AV Rating in the NHL with 9.72 (Jason Spezza is second with 9.51)

*Jason Arnott leads the league in hits with 237 (Danius Zubrus is second with 227)

*Wade Belak is 4th in the league for fights with 11 (Donald Brashear is 1st with 14)

jbsnadb · Post by **jbsnadb** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:07 pm

The second half of the season began much as the first half ended - on a losing streak. At one point we sank to a season-low 1 game under .500 at 19-20-5 before I pulled the trigger on the first trade of the season:

To Nashville:
D Brent Burns

To Minnesota:
C David Legwand

Legwand just hadn't shown me that he wanted to centre my second line. In 37 games, he had only mustered 24 points and was a disappointing -5. Burns, meanwhile, is the toast of my scouts. Rated as a first pairing D-man in the mold of Braydon Coburn (one of my personal favorites - IMHO the worst trade Don Waddell ever made was sending Coburn away from Atlanta). In nine games since the deal, he's scored a goal and added three assists and is a robust +6.

After picking up Burns, we won 7 in a row. The streak was snapped as I gave Nabokov a rest in favor of Kevin Nastiuk, who stunk up the joint in a 9-4 loss to the Blues. All-in-all we ended 9-3 in our final twelve.

Looking to add some depth for the future to the LW now that I had moved Colin Wilson to center in place of Legwand, I cobbled together another deal:

To Nashville:

LW James Neal

To St. Louis:

D Jonathan Blum
D Cody Franson

I would have liked to get a backup netminder, but the price for drek was either too high, or they wanted draft picks or unsigned prospects, which i could not offer. So, that will have to wait for the off-season, hoping NOTHING happens to Nabokov in the meantime. Neal rates as a future first liner (he's only 23), while Blum's shot at the big club has been permanently blocked by second-year player Simon Despres (5-14-19, +19). Franson was my #7 d-man before bringing in Burns, so he became odd-man out.

We sit in 7th in the West, a mere 2 points behind division leading Chicago, but only 4 points separate 7th and 11th, so we had better stay on our toes.

jbsnadb · Post by **jbsnadb** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:09 pm

An interesting thing to add. As we approach the trade deadline, a funny thing is happening.

Ossi Vaananen is getting ripped apart by the media for complcency and slopping play, yet teams are banging down the Thrasher's door trying to trade for the guy!

What a country!

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:50 pm

That's a shame to hear that Atlanta is being so hard on Vaananen. If used properly, he's a really good player. He's my #5 defenseman and one of my top PK guys. I'd say he's one of my better UFA signings.

Nice trades, btw. Burns is pretty hard to get a hold of in my game and he looks like he's worth it. Legwand is a steep price but if Burns fills a need then it could be worth it. Legwand has consistently averaged over a point a game for me. I just can't see getting rid of him. Your Neal deal (not an intentional rhyme) looks good. I don't see Blum as ever developing into much, so I didn't keep him either. Franson is a career minor-leaguer in my game. Neal is a player I've always liked in EHM. I've had him on my team in a couple past careers but never played them long enough to see him fully develop. Still, he looks like he's got oodles of potential. In my game, the Stars still have him under contract but he's stuck down in the ECHL. That's a shame.

Michalek continues to tear it up in my game. Since joining my team he's averaged almost a goal a game (35 goals in 36 games so far) and almost the same for assists (32 assists in 36 games). He currently leads the league in scoring, followed by Arnott and Dumont. He's currently riding a goal-scoring streak of 7 games. In those 7 games he's got 13 goals.

jbsnadb · Post by **jbsnadb** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:15 pm

I, like many others, have tried to stay away from guys I have acquired in the past. Burns is a good example...I would normally try to pry Coburn away from Philly (much easier in other dbs), so i went out and found someone who could fill a similar, yet more defensive role. I have an abundance of offensie d-men in Despres, Kulyash and Suter leading the pack, and Hamhuis, while okay for me, is a fan favourite.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 7:55 pm

I've been really disappointed in Hamhuis. He just hasn't done anything to warrant his ice-time or salary. After 2 seasons of being in my second pairing and being on my 2nd PK unit, he's been relegated to the role of 7th defenseman. I'd probably make him my 6th defenseman if he could play RD at all. Instead, Zanon has that role for now. Really, with Kulyash, Weber, Bouwmeester, Suter, and Vaananen on my defense, there's not much for a 6th defenseman to do.

Mikita21 · Post by **Mikita21** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:04 pm

Anyone else have deVries retire after the second season? Had all my trades and UFAs done, and then he up and decides he's too old (37) to play and retires, and shoots my D plans to heck.

Post by **timmy_t** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:12 pm

Mikita21 wrote:Anyone else have deVries retire after the second season? Had all my trades and UFAs done, and then he up and decides he's too old (37) to play and retires, and shoots my D plans to heck.

Ouch! That had to hurt. Did he decide this in the off season? I'm starting my second season and he's still going strong. I may have to look ahead to see where he fits with my team...

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:27 pm

Mikita21 wrote:Anyone else have deVries retire after the second season? Had all my trades and UFAs done, and then he up and decides he's too old (37) to play and retires, and shoots my D plans to heck.

Nope. I haven't seen this. Like Timmy asked... was it during the season or in the offseason? Did he have an injury maybe? Was he not performing well for you? He played really well for me (had an average rating in the 8 range) in the first two seasons and was even doing well in the third before I finally worked a deal to ship him out (I was concerned by his age). He's still doing well with the Panthers (the team I sent him to) right now. He's currently 38.

Mikita21 · Post by **Mikita21** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:03 pm

Nope, no retirement due to recurring injury, or "advised by his doctor", just decided he was too old. And, yes, he was a stud for me too, my #1 RD, even over Weber. I thought I was set at RD with deVries/Weber/Zanon, so I go and trade for Tomas Kaberle (I dumped Suter right after season 1 - not good for me at all), so my LD is Kaberle/Davison/Hamhuis. Problem is Kaberle and Davison are pretty much LD only (Unconvincing at RD), so Weber's up to #1 RD and Zanon's up to #2 RD. Zanon's really a 6 or 7. We shall see....

jbsnadb · Post by **jbsnadb** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:48 pm

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Not only are we maddeningly inconsistent, but David Legwand - who only had 2 goals in his first 24 games as a member of the Wild - scores a hat trick against me!

And now we are only up 1 point with 6 games to play.

Post by **timmy_t** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:17 am

I'm scouting the Red Wings in the preseason of season #2. Where's Jimmy Howard? Well, he was released to free agency on July 21st, several weeks after I asked them to trade him. Now, he signed a one year deal with a Finnish SM-League team, Tampereen Tappara, for $413,000.

I'm posting this because I remember that bruins72 had a good season with him in net, and I tried to pry him away from the Red Wings in the off season and they told me he was too valuable to them to be traded.

A little more investigation shows that they signed Kevin Weekes on July 12th. So they have Osgood, Conklin, and now Weekes in the NHL, and Daniel Larsson in the AHL.

No wonder they don't do so well by season #3...

Mikita21 · Post by **Mikita21** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:55 am

timmy_t wrote: A little more investigation shows that they signed Kevin Weekes on July 12th. So they have Osgood, Conklin, and now Weekes in the NHL, and Daniel Larsson in the AHL.

No wonder they don't do so well by season #3...

Hmmm. I signed Weekes as one of my UFAs this off-season (between season 2 and 3). Never had him before, so I didn't know what to expect, but the season before he was a backup for the Avs I think, 11 games and .92 Save%. Pretty good right? 3 games, this season for me, 1 in relief, he has a .85 save%. And Esche hasn't been much better. Oh well, I'll have to score 4.5 goals a game if I'm going to get to the finals this year.

And yeah, the Red Wings are not world beaters in my game either - they never hold on to their top talent. I always have to chuckle when I see stuff about the "Media praises the talents of Maple Leafs winger Henrik Zetterberg". There's a news flash for ya.

jbsnadb · Post by **jbsnadb** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:37 am

Season three is in the books, and I must admit, I am disappointed.

We did manage to make it into the playoffs, clinching a spot with a game to go. In the last few weeks of the season we fell as far down as 12th. Unfortunately, our 8th place finish pitted us against the President's Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks. We dropped the first two in Vancouver - losing Steve Sullivan for a month early in game two, but the back-breaker was a 2-1 overtime loss in game three. We ended up taking one at home, before losing again, 2-1, at GM Place in game five.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:07 am

timmy_t wrote:I'm scouting the Red Wings in the preseason of season #2. Where's Jimmy Howard? Well, he was released to free agency on July 21st, several weeks after I asked them to trade him. Now, he signed a one year deal with a Finnish SM-League team, Tampereen Tappara, for $413,000.

I'm posting this because I remember that bruins72 had a good season with him in net, and I tried to pry him away from the Red Wings in the off season and they told me he was too valuable to them to be traded.

A little more investigation shows that they signed Kevin Weekes on July 12th. So they have Osgood, Conklin, and now Weekes in the NHL, and Daniel Larsson in the AHL.

No wonder they don't do so well by season #3...

Howard is still my starting goalie. He's good but not doing as well as last season.

I've seen some of these odd situations where teams are dropping guys that they shouldn't. I just don't understand it. For some reason it seems to happen mostly in that week or so after free agency starts.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:24 am

Mikita21 wrote: And yeah, the Red Wings are not world beaters in my game either - they never hold on to their top talent. I always have to chuckle when I see stuff about the "Media praises the talents of Maple Leafs winger Henrik Zetterberg". There's a news flash for ya.

Zetterberg was one of the big UFAs available going into season of my game. We offered him a contract but we couldn't offer him enough to sign with us. He ended up re-signing with Detroit for $6.65M per season for 4 seasons. Kovalchuk was also a big UFA going into season 3. I made him the maximum offer I was allowed and he didn't sign with me either. He went to St. Louis instead. He signed a 2 year deal for similar money to Zetterberg. The Blues looked like they were putting together a tough team with Kovalchuk, Demitra, Mitchell, Girardi, Gagner, and Wheeler all being brought in as UFAs. That's in addition to Boyes, Backes, Perron, Steen, Lombardi, Fisher, McArdle, Johnson, York, Pietrangelo, and some of the others that they already had on their team. Somehow they're still near the bottom of the conference. They really need goaltending. They've got 34 year old Chris Mason and a no-name backup.

thecupismine · Post by **thecupismine** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:07 am

bruins72 wrote:I've been really disappointed in Hamhuis. He just hasn't done anything to warrant his ice-time or salary. After 2 seasons of being in my second pairing and being on my 2nd PK unit, he's been relegated to the role of 7th defenseman. I'd probably make him my 6th defenseman if he could play RD at all. Instead, Zanon has that role for now. Really, with Kulyash, Weber, Bouwmeester, Suter, and Vaananen on my defense, there's not much for a 6th defenseman to do.

I'm surprised at the majority of people who are having problems with Hamhuis. In season 1, I would venture to say that he did really well with 11 goals and 39 points, all while being one of the few players with a positive plus-minus. I may move him later on when I promote some youngsters and Kulyash comes over, but for now I seem to be doing just fine with him.

On another note, wow to your defence. Three of those d-men (Suter, Weber, and Bouwmeester) could all be number 1 guys on a lot of teams in this game. Great job on acquiring Bouwmeester (and having the luck that Vaanen was rated "good" in your first off-season, unlike mine =( !

Post by **timmy_t** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:10 am

Ha Ha ! The Stars released Fabian Brunnstrom to free agency. I think they did it because they don't have an AHL affiliate...

Captcrunch · Post by **Captcrunch** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:23 am

Err...

My first line players are "Condition: 94%: in need of a rest"...

Too many minutes a game? I'm in the end of January. 1st time its happening. Anyone had this before? Almost perfect condition and in need of a rest?

Post by **timmy_t** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:24 am

timmy_t wrote:Ha Ha ! The Stars released Fabian Brunnstrom to free agency. I think they did it because they don't have an AHL affiliate...

Wow, this isn't right. They released 19 players after training camp. Brunnstrom, Mark Fistric, Colton Sceviour, Philip Larsen, and their 2006 1st round draft pick Ivan Vishnevsky.

Post by **timmy_t** » Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:35 am

Captcrunch wrote:Err...

My first line players are "Condition: 94%: in need of a rest"...

Too many minutes a game? I'm in the end of January. 1st time its happening. Anyone had this before? Almost perfect condition and in need of a rest?

Yeah, you're over-playing them.

When you see this, usually immediately after a game, change their practice setting to "Resting." Also, during the game, try to lower their playing time a little bit. I read in your earlier post that the first line was averaging around 23.5 minutes for the forwards and 26 minutes for the defensemen. That is a crazy amount of minutes. I know you don't want to hear this but you really should juggle your lines a little and "share the love," so to speak.